I\u2019ll close the post with a simple prayer, trying to draw the themes together.<\/p>\n
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On the 9th of November 2023, here’s Psalm 70:<\/p>\n
1\u00a0<\/sup>Hasten, O God, to save me;<\/span> 2\u00a0<\/sup>May those who want to take my life<\/span> 5\u00a0<\/sup>But as for me, I am poor and needy;<\/span> What is this Psalm about?<\/strong><\/p>\n This Psalm is a plea – for God to rescue – and a confession, of who God’s people really are. It is a simple and urgent Psalm, providing a model for prayer, contrasting the way that the world is, the world we live in, with the activity and character of God.<\/p>\n What does this Psalm teach about God?<\/strong><\/p>\n Verse 1 contains a range of truths – God is one who can be cried out to, who can be present, who can help and save. Verse 5, bracketing the Psalm, echoes that – God is called out too, and is called Lord.<\/p>\n How does this Psalm connect to God\u2019s people today?<\/strong><\/p>\n Whatever our problems, whatever our pain, Psalm 5 echoes something of our concerns – we want God to act, quickly! We also want justice – the cry of verse 2, when fully understood. Ruins will be turned back. Verse three offers a strange promise – the mockers will ultimately be unimpressive, because of shame. Verse 4 is another kind of promise – a prayer that will be answered.<\/p>\n A prayer drawn from Psalm 70<\/strong><\/p>\n Lord, may all who seek you rejoice and be glad in you; m<\/span>ay those who long for your saving help always say, \u201cThe\u00a0Lord<\/span> is great!\u201d <\/span>But as for me, I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. <\/span>You are my help and my deliverer; Lord<\/span>, do not delay. Saviour, save me! Amen.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Throughout September 2022, I managed to read and reflect \u2013 briefly \u2013 on a Psalm each day. For December 2022, I attempted to pick up the discipline. I got part-way through that month, and so after a long hiatus, am … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1049,554,223,288,606,49],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4336"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4336"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4336\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4340,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4336\/revisions\/4340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomascreedy.co.uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>come quickly,\u00a0Lord<\/span>, to help me.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>be put to shame and confusion;<\/span><\/span>
\nmay all who desire my ruin<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>be turned back in disgrace.<\/span><\/span>
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>May those who say to me, \u201cAha! Aha!\u201d<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>turn back because of their shame.<\/span><\/span>
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>But may all who seek you<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>rejoice and be glad\u00a0in you;<\/span><\/span>
\nmay those who long for your saving help always say,<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThe\u00a0Lord<\/span>\u00a0is great!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>come quickly to me,\u00a0O God.<\/span><\/span>
\nYou are my help\u00a0and my deliverer;<\/span>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Lord<\/span>, do not delay.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n